Cariri climbing mouse

Cariri climbing mouse
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Genus: Rhipidomys
Species: R. cariri
Binomial name
Rhipidomys cariri
Tribe, 2005

The Cariri climbing mouse, Rhipidomys cariri, is a partly arboreal rodent species from South America. It is known from two mesic localities in Ceara, northeastern Brazil, within the semiarid caatinga ecoregion.[2] It has been found in areas under cultivation.[1] Cariri is the name of an administrative microregion within the state of Ceará.

References

  1. 1 2 Patton, J., Catzeflis, F., Weksler, M. & Percequillo, M. (2008). "Rhipidomys cariri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 15 July 2009.
  2. Tribe, C. J. (Jan–Mar 2005). "A New Species of Rhipidomys (Rodentia, Muroidea) From North-Eastern Brazil" (PDF). Arquivos do Museu Nacional (Rio de Janeiro: National Museum of Brazil) 63 (1): 131–146. ISSN 0365-4508. Retrieved 2009-07-16.


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